Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-04-01

as he ceased speaking and gave an II
voluntary start. He was falrl
shocked at the look of suppressed fur,
depicted on the face opposite him.
"You are pleased to trifle with me,
said the German slowly.
t, The Englishman began to protest
but the big German soon silenced him
Listen to me. OF course your daugh
ter marriesthe mGn you choose
You know that as well as
l. ask you for your
daughters hand. AMI you promise
me- Yes; then you make excuses.
You what you call back out But
do not choose you to back out. in
tend to marry your daughter. Look
here, Granger Thompson" he contin-
ued in lower tone, chow long you
have known me?'
81 should say bout ten years." res
ponded the other.
:'And during these ten years have
you ever known me to turn from my
purposeg'
"N-n-no, don't think have"
"Or fail to succeed in anything ] set
my heart on?"
"N--no; dare say not"
"Weil mean to marry your daugh.
ter"
''But she won't have YOU"
POOH II you had not played me
false, my good fellow, the match
would have been arranged by this
time"
played you false, Mr.. Brandt. l.
| T.
"Now you listen to me. I've made
mp my mind to marry your daughter
Kate. and / mean to do it. Ii it costs
me half my fortune / will do it. Ii |
have to ruin you IN the process | will
! do it, IL"
"Get out OF this" screamed little
Thompson, fairly beside himself with
rage. you stand at my own iireside
and threaten me. By Jove, Pllsend for
a policeman" He opened the door
and shouted ''Tom!" And the eldest
hope OF the Thompsons descended the
stairs three steps at q time. In a
twinkling the street door was open
and Herr Brandt was unceremonious,
ly bundled into the street.
When this feat had been accom-
plished Mr.. Thompson felt half afraid
of what he had done, for the German
banker was an influential man and
might be able to injure him. 1t was
too late now, however, for regrets.
He drank glass OF brandy by way o!
steadying his nerves, and magnani-
mously refrained from telling his
daughter that it was all owing to her
unreasonable obstinacy that he had
got into the scrape.
As for the German, he went home
vowing vengeance against the whole
family and race OF Thompsons. lie
was more bent upon marrying Kate
than ever, for his resentment stimu-
lated rather than moderated his pas.
sion. And he had determined to be
revenged on her father.
At length he resolved upon n plan OF
action, and he lost no time in putting
it into practice. The first experience
poor Thompson had of his enemy's
resentment was finding that his bank
ers, who had always been very civil to
him, would not discount some bills
which he offered them without addi-
tional security. He lett the bank par
Tor i'll u huff, and after vainly trying
to place the bills elsewhere, was forced
to go to Jew for the money. From
on him. Good customers seemed TO
light shy OF him; shady people whom
he hated to have seen around his Of
lice came there, patronized him. and
put HIM in the way of contracting bad
lebts, People with whom he had dealt
'or twenty years suddenly seemed to
ee suspicious OF him; everybody to
whom he owed twenty pounds was
anxious to get his money. In word,
Eralnger Thompson seredit WAS shak-
eli so seriously that little more
woult destroy it altogether
Sometimes the unhappy man was
inclined to attribute these untoward
evfnts to the quarrel he had had
Win Mr.. Brandt and the reVengeful
.ceiiugs he had excited in the Germans
breast; at other times he thought
that it was imposs ibe that one adj
verse influence could be exercised in so
many different directions. He did
not take into account the kindness
with which an uniavorable rumor
coming from an apparently unbiased
conree, spreads and repeats itself, nor
the amount OF evil which perserver-
ing mallgnity can accomplish,
At length one day the crash came.
A firm who owed Thompson consid-
cradle sum failed just before the day
for paying him. The poorman had bills
to meet next week, and lie had been rely
ing on this very sum TO enable him To
take them up. He applied to his
bankers to help HMM vain; he tried
one old friend after another--it was
quite useless. Poor Thompson bills
were dishonored, and in n month he
was adludicated n bankrupt.
The comfortable establishment ut
BEackheath was broken up; all the
household goods--the glrl's piano,
the old mans easy chair, the pictures.
the very spoons and forks were seized
and sold, There were no friends at
hand to buy IN some OF the furniture
and help the disconsolate family to
make n fresh start. They went and
hid themselves in lodgings in n mean
street in the region Of Upper Holloway
To complete the distress OF the fam.
lily, Tom. who was the only one OF
them who was earning anything sub
stantial, suddenly lost his situation.
Kate found some work as u daily
governess, but her salary went but a
little way in keeping the wolf from
the door.
As the old man, now looking seedy
and thread-bare, was returning home
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